SOLUTION: A culture of bacteria doubles every 3 hours. If there are 500 bacteria at the beginning, how many bacteria will there be after 24 hours?

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There are 8 doubling periods in all, counting with the very first.


So the answer is 500 bacteria multiplied by   =  = 256-1 = 255.


ANSWER.  500*255 = 127500  bacteria.